While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as ...

Backup and recovery routines enable starting over in the event of a system failure. In the 1950s, there were no operating systems or complex disk sector issues. Programmers wrote their own input ...

Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System (DOS), whether this includes running legacy software (including MS-DOS games & Windows 3.x), or (embedded ...

The Start menu and the Taskbar made their respective debuts, and for the first time, a Windows operating system didn't rely ...

Microsoft was well-known for its iconic command-line operating system, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. But did you know that the Redmond giant ...